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Landyrob



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My trip to Australia

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loading into sea container next stop western australia


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arrived in Australia fitted the rooftent etc


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fitted a UHF Radio with booster aerial


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outback offroading is brilliant


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when we woke up in the morning this was the sight from our roof tent window, amazing little things, they even came over for a piece of toast..


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lunch in the outback, found a tree that gave a little shade...


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let the tyre pressure out and let the sand take over....


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fancy a day at the beach, no need to look for expenisve parking, drive on the beach and take a swim....



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outback camp

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will upload more soon

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Re: My trip to Australia
Landyrob wrote:


will upload more soon


You'd better Thumbs Up
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Great pics Thumbs Up
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That joey looks a bit too young to be giving head!!
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Cannonball wrote:
That joey looks a bit too young to be giving head!!


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how long did you spend out there rob?
did you go in and out of perth or head up and out of darwin?

did you try the canning stock route or gibb river road?


i love australia; 6 right numbers and i would be out there straight away.
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i was there for 3 months ( had a 6 months visa)
i took this route
Perth
Esperance
Norseman
crossed the Nullarbor Plain
Port Augusta
Adelaide
Victor Harbor
Broken Hill
Uluru too Laverton
(i wanted to cross back to WA via the great central rd (Track)
but police told me i would need a permit to cross through some parts with a 10 day delay
so i drove back to perth via the Nullarbor

did 12500 ks with my TD4 90 not a drop of oil needed just a little water for the cooler now and again.
and lot's of Diesel.....
i'll go again next time with a 110 Very Happy LANDROVER Defender Best 4 x 4 x Far
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Cool trip Smile What were the shipping costs like ?
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you say you went from Uluru to Laverton - was that on the Gunbarrel Highway (via Giles and Warbiton)

sound a fanastic trip.

did you make any seating modifications to do that big distance in a short time?
i would also be interested in the shipping costs if it is not too rude to ask?

Cheers,
Joe
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